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    List of Bloatware

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by onlycopunk, Dec 7, 2007.

  1. onlycopunk

    onlycopunk Notebook Consultant

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    Hello,

    Got my new F8SA today and I've been avidly getting rid of all the bloatware.

    I've gotten ridden of all the obvious bloatware, but I'm just wondering if there's a list of bloatware that comes of Asus notebooks that is absolutely not needed.

    Thanks.

    EDIT: Also what's a good way to get all of these stickers off the casing without comprimising it.
     
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  2. E.B.E.

    E.B.E. NBR Procrastinator

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    Check my vista optimization guide (signature) for bloatware.

    As to the stickers: remove everything except the small CPU / Windows stickers: those are tough to remove and might leave traces.

    Just peel them starting with one corner, that should be ok.
     
    E.B.E., Dec 9, 2007
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  3. onlycopunk

    onlycopunk Notebook Consultant

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    Hey thanks alot!

    I've gotten rid of most of the obvious stuff and disabled all the unwanted startup stuff. I could've just done a format and gone without the bloatware, but didn't think of that at the time and now I don't want to go through and put all of my stuff back on again.
     
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    E.B.E. NBR Procrastinator

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    If you've done the cleanup right, it will run almost as well as a clean install. So I agree, don't bother with reinstalling at this point.
     
    E.B.E., Dec 9, 2007
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